List of American films of 1986

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This is a list of American films released in 1986.

Box office

The highest-grossing American films released in 1986, by domestic box office

gross revenue, are as follows:[1]

Highest-grossing films of 1986
Rank Title Distributor Domestic gross
1 Top Gun Paramount $176,781,728
2 Crocodile Dundee $174,803,506
3 Platoon Orion $138,530,565
4 The Karate Kid Part II Columbia $115,103,979
5 Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home Paramount $109,713,132
6 Back to School Orion $91,258,000
7 Aliens
Fox
 $86,160,248
8 The Golden Child Paramount $79,817,937
9 Ruthless People Disney $71,624,879
10 Ferris Bueller's Day Off Paramount $70,136,369

January–March

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Scott Thompson
10 Black Moon Rising New World Pictures Harley Cokeliss (director); John Carpenter, William Gray, Desmond Nakano (screenplay); Tommy Lee Jones, Linda Hamilton, Robert Vaughn, Richard Jaeckel, Bubba Smith, Dan Shor, Keenan Wynn, Lee Ving, William Sanderson, Nick Cassavetes, Don Keith Opper
17 The Adventures of the American Rabbit Atlantic Releasing Corporation / Clubhouse Pictures / Toei Animation Fred Wolf, Nobutaka Nishizawa (directors); Norman Lenzer (screenplay); Barry Gordon, Laurie O'Brien, Bob Arbogast, Kenneth Mars, Pat Fraley, Russi Taylor, Bob Holt, Lorenzo Music, Hal Smith, Fred Wolf, Norm Lenzer, John Mayer, Lew Horn, Maitzi Morgan
The Adventures of Mark Twain Clubhouse Pictures Will Vinton (director); Susan Shadburne (screenplay); James Whitmore, Dallas McKennon, Wilf Innton, Craig Bartlett, Mark Gustafson, Michele Mariana, Gary Krug, Chris Ritchie, John Morrison, Carol Edelman, Herb Smith, Marley Stone, Wilbur Vincent, Wally Newman, Tim Conner, Todd Tolces, Billy Scream, Billy Winter, Compton Downs, Gary Thompson
The Clan of the Cave Bear Warner Bros. Pictures / Producers Sales Organization Michael Chapman (director); John Sayles (screenplay); Daryl Hannah, Pamela Reed, James Remar, Thomas G. Waites, Curtis Armstrong, John Doolittle, Martin Doyle, Tony Montanaro, Mike Muscat, Karen Elizabeth Austin, Janne Mortil, Lycia Naff, Penny Smith, Rory Crowley, Joey Cramer, Nicole Eggert, Paul Carafotes, Bart the Bear, Emma Floria, Mary Reid
Heathcliff: The Movie Atlantic Releasing Corporation / Clubhouse Pictures / DIC Entertainment / LBS Communications
Stan Jones, Marilyn Lightstone, Danny Mann, Derek McGrath, Marilyn Schreffler, Danny Wells
, Ted Zeigler
Hey There, It's Yogi Bear! (re-issue) Atlantic Releasing Corporation / Clubhouse Pictures / Hanna-Barbera
Jackie Ward
, Jonah and the Wailers
Iron Eagle Tri-Star Pictures Sidney J. Furie (director/screenplay); Kevin Elders (screenplay); Louis Gossett Jr., Jason Gedrick, David Suchet, Larry B. Scott, Caroline Lagerfelt, Tim Thomerson, Shawnee Smith, Melora Hardin, Lance LeGault, Robert Jayne, Jerry Levine, Robbie Rist, Michael Bowen, David Greenlee, Tom Fridley, Rob Garrison
The Longshot Orion Pictures Paul Bartel (director); Tim Conway (screenplay); Tim Conway, Harvey Korman, Jack Weston, Ted Wass, Stella Stevens, Anne Meara, George DiCenzo, Jorge Cervera, Jonathan Winters, Frank Bonner, Eddie Deezen, Nick Dimitri, Garry Goodrow, Edie McClurg, Joseph Ruskin, Benny Baker, Ernie Anderson, Susan Tolsky, Virginia Vincent, Dick Enberg, Paul Bartel
Troll Empire Pictures John Carl Buechler (director); Ed Naha (screenplay); Noah Hathaway, Michael Moriarty, Shelley Hack, Jenny Beck, Sonny Bono, Phil Fondacaro, Brad Hall, Anne Lockhart, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Gary Sandy, June Lockhart, Giorgio Armani
24 My Chauffeur Crown International Pictures
E.G. Marshall, Mark Holton, Penn Jillette, Teller, Julius Harris, Laurie Main, Vance Colvig, Diana Bellamy, Leland Crooke, Robin Antin, Stan Foster
, John O'Leary, Stanley Brock, Jack Stryker, Ben Slack, Elaine Wilkes, Cindy Beal, Sue Jackson, Darian Mathias, Carlton Miller
31 The Best of Times Universal Pictures / Kings Road Entertainment Roger Spottiswoode (director/screenplay); Ron Shelton (screenplay); Robin Williams, Kurt Russell, Pamela Reed, Holly Palance, Donald Moffat, Margaret Whitton, M. Emmet Walsh, Donovan Scott, R. G. Armstrong, Dub Taylor, Carl Ballantine, Kathleen Freeman, Tony Plana, Kirk Cameron, Robyn Lively, Jeff Doucette, Anne Haney, Linda Hart, Tracey Gold
Down and Out in Beverly Hills Touchstone Pictures / Silver Screen Partners Paul Mazursky (director/screenplay); Leon Capetanos (screenplay); Nick Nolte, Bette Midler, Richard Dreyfuss, Elizabeth Peña, Little Richard, Evan Richards, Tracy Nelson, Felton Perry
Power
20th Century Fox / Lorimar Productions
D.B. Sweeney, Jim Hartz, Roger Grimsby, Donna Hanover, Marvin Scott
, E. Katherine Kerr, Margaret Hall, Brad Holbrook
Youngblood Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / United Artists Peter Markle (director/screenplay); John Whitman (screenplay); Rob Lowe, Cynthia Gibb, Patrick Swayze, Ed Lauter, Eric Nesterenko, Jim Youngs, Keanu Reeves, George Finn, Fionnula Flanagan, Steve Thomas, Peter Zezel, Don Biggs, Peter Faussett, James Richmond
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Hannah and Her Sisters Orion Pictures
Fletcher Previn, Soon-Yi Previn, Tony Roberts
14 The Delta Force Cannon Films / Golan-Globus Menahem Golan (director/screenplay); James Bruner (screenplay); Chuck Norris, Lee Marvin, Martin Balsam, Joey Bishop, Kim Delaney, Robert Forster, Lainie Kazan, George Kennedy, Hanna Schygulla, Susan Strasberg, Bo Svenson, Robert Vaughn, Shelley Winters, Steve James, Shaike Ophir, Liam Neeson, Mykelti Williamson, Uri Gavriel, Chelli Goldenberg, Charles Floye, Howard Jackson, William Wallace, Jerry Weinstock, David Menahem, Avi Loziah, Adiv Gahshan, Jerry Lazarus, Natalie Roth
Knights of the City New World Pictures Dominic Orlando (director); Leon Isaac Kennedy (screenplay); Leon Isaac Kennedy, Nicholas Campbell, John Mengatti, Janine Turner, Stoney Jackson, Floyd Levine, Michael Ansara
Quicksilver Columbia Pictures Thomas Michael Donnelly (director/screenplay); Kevin Bacon, Jami Gertz, Paul Rodriguez, Rudy Ramos, Andrew Smith, Gerald S. O'Loughlin, Larry Fishburne, Louie Anderson, Charles McCaughan, David Harris, Whitney Kershaw, Joshua Shelley, Georgann Johnson
TerrorVision Empire Pictures
Jonathan Gries, Jennifer Richards, Alejandro Rey, Bert Remsen, Frank Welker
, Randi Brooks, Ian Patrick Williams, Sonny Carl Davis, William Paulson, John Leamer
Turtle Diary The Samuel Goldwyn Company John Irvin (director); Harold Pinter (screenplay); Glenda Jackson, Ben Kingsley, Richard Johnson, Michael Gambon, Jeroen Krabbé, Rosemary Leach, Eleanor Bron, Harriet Walter, Nigel Hawthorne, Michael Aldridge, Peter Capaldi, Harold Pinter, Bryan Pringle
Wildcats Warner Bros. Pictures
Michael Ritchie (director); Ezra Sacks (screenplay); Goldie Hawn, James Keach, Swoosie Kurtz, Robyn Lively, Brandy Gold, Jan Hooks, Bruce McGill, Nipsey Russell, Mykelti Williamson, Tab Thacker, Wesley Snipes, Nick Corri, Woody Harrelson, M. Emmet Walsh, LL Cool J, George Wyner, Ann Doran, Gloria Stuart
, Willie J. Walton, Rodney Hill
19 Parting Glances Cinecom Bill Sherwood (director/screenplay); Richard Ganoung, John Bolger, Steve Buscemi, Adam Nathan, Kathy Kinney, Patrick Tull, Yolande Bavan, Bob Koherr, Andre Morgan, Richard Wall, Jim Selfe, Kristin Moneagle, John Siemens, Theodore Ganger, Nada
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9½ Weeks
 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / Producers Sales Organization Adrian Lyne (director); Sarah Kernochan, Zalman King, Patricia Louisianna Knop (screenplay); Kim Basinger, Mickey Rourke, Margaret Whitton, David Margulies, Christine Baranski, Karen Young, Dwight Weist, Roderick Cook, William DeAcutis, Victor Truro
The Hitcher Tri-Star Pictures / HBO Films / Silver Screen Partners
Gene Davis, Jon Van Ness, Henry Darrow, Tony Epper
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 New World Pictures
Mary Stavin, Michael Ensign, Susan French, Felix Silla, Jerry Maren, Dino Andrade, Mindy Sterling, Alan Autry, Steven Williams
, Erik Silver, Mark Silver, Peter Pitofsky, Elizabeth Barrington
Pretty in Pink Paramount Pictures Howard Deutch (director); John Hughes (screenplay); Molly Ringwald, Harry Dean Stanton, Jon Cryer, Annie Potts, James Spader, Andrew McCarthy, Kate Vernon, Kristy Swanson, Andrew Dice Clay, Alexa Kenin, Dweezil Zappa, Gina Gershon, Margaret Colin, Maggie Roswell
Salvador Hemdale Film Corporation Oliver Stone (director/screenplay); Richard Boyle (screenplay); James Woods, Jim Belushi, Michael Murphy, John Savage, Elpidia Carrillo, Cynthia Gibb, Tony Plana, José Carlos Ruiz
Hollywood Vice Squad Cinema Group Penelope Spheeris (director); Kenneth Peters (screenplay); Ronny Cox, Frank Gorshin, Trish Van Devere, Carrie Fisher, Evan C. Kim, Joey Travolta, Cec Verrell, Leon Isaac Kennedy, Julius Harris, Marvin Kaplan, Beau Starr, Tom Everett, Robert Miano, Robin Wright, Sandie Elizabeth Crisp, H.B. Haggerty
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Melleny Brown, Janet-Laine Green, Marla Lukofsky
, Gloria Figura
Desert Hearts The Samuel Goldwyn Company / Desert Hearts Productions Donna Deitch (director); Natalie Cooper (screenplay); Helen Shaver, Patricia Charbonneau, Audra Lindley, Andra Akers, Gwen Welles, Dean Butler, Alex McArthur, Denise Crosby, Antony Ponzini, James Staley, Katie La Bourdette, Tyler Tyhurst
Highlander
20th Century Fox / Cannon Films
 Russell Mulcahy (director); Gregory Widen, Larry Ferguson, Peter Bellwood (screenplay); Christopher Lambert, Roxanne Hart, Clancy Brown, Sean Connery, Beatie Edney, Alan North, Jon Polito, Sheila Gish, Hugh Quarshie, Christopher Malcolm, Peter Diamond, Celia Imrie, Billy Hartman, James Cosmo, Corinne Russell, Greg Gagne, Jim Brunzell, Sam Fatu, Michael Hayes, Terry Gordy, Buddy Roberts
Nomads Atlantic Releasing Corporation
Anna-Maria Monticelli, Adam Ant, Mary Woronov, Nina Foch, Frances Bay, Frank Doubleday, Josie Cotton
, Jeannie Elias, Hector Mercado
Sleeping Beauty (re-issue) Walt Disney Pictures Clyde Geronimi, Wolfgang Reitherman, Eric Larson, Les Clark (directors); Erdman Penner, Joe Rinaldi, Winston Hibler, Bill Peet, Ted Sears, Ralph Wright, Milt Banta (screenplay); Mary Costa, Bill Shirley, Eleanor Audley, Verna Felton, Barbara Luddy, Barbara Jo Allen, Taylor Holmes, Bill Thompson, Bobby Amsberry, Candy Candido, Pinto Colvig, Hans Conried, Dallas McKennon, Marvin Miller, Helene Stanley, Ed Kemmer, Frances Bavier, Madge Blake, Spring Byington, Don Barclay, Jane Fowler
14 Crossroads Columbia Pictures
Walter Hill (director); John Fusco (screenplay); Ralph Macchio, Joe Seneca, Jami Gertz, Joe Morton, Steve Vai, Dennis Lipscomb, Harry Carey Jr., John Hancock, Allan Arbus, Gretchen Palmer, Tim Russ, Robert Judd, Akosua Busia, Allan Graf
, Al Fann, Wally Taylor, Tex Donaldson, Guy Killum, Edward Walsh
Gung Ho Paramount Pictures Ron Howard (director); Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel (screenplay); Michael Keaton, Gedde Watanabe, George Wendt, John Turturro, Mimi Rogers, So Yamamura, Sab Shimono, Rick Overton, Clint Howard, Jihmi Kennedy, Michelle Johnson, Rodney Kageyama, Rance Howard, Patti Yasutake, Jerry Tondo, Robert Hammond
21 GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords Atlantic Releasing Corporation / Clubhouse Pictures / Hanna-Barbera / Tonka Corporation
B.J. Ward, Kelly Ward
, Kirby Ward
Just Between Friends Orion Pictures / MTM Enterprises Allan Burns (director/screenplay); Mary Tyler Moore, Christine Lahti, Sam Waterston, Ted Danson, Mark Blum, Salome Jens, Jane Greer
Police Academy 3: Back in Training Warner Bros. Pictures
TJ Scott, Jerry Paris
, Andrew Paris, David Huband, Marcia Watkins, R. Christopher Thomas,
Rad Tri-Star Pictures
Carey Hayes, Rick McNair
, Alfie Wise, Marta Kober, Jamie Clarke, Laura Jacoby, Kellie McQuiggin, Beverly Hendry, Shawna Burnett, Graeme Davies, Logan T. Wotton, Jeff Kress, Gordon Signer, Nancy MacDonald, Christian Roerig
26 The Money Pit Universal Pictures / Amblin Entertainment Richard Benjamin (director); David Giler (screenplay); Tom Hanks, Shelley Long, Alexander Godunov, Maureen Stapleton, Joe Mantegna, Philip Bosco, Frankie Faison, Josh Mostel, Yakov Smirnoff, Carmine Caridi, Brian Backer, Mia Dillon, John van Dreelen, Douglass Watson, Tetchie Agbayani, Michael Jeter, Wendell Pierce, Henry Judd Baker, Mary Louise Wilson, Mike Starr, Jake Steinfeld, Matthew Cowles, Nestor Serrano, Afemo Omilami, Ron Foster, Tzi Ma, Leslie West, White Lion, Robey
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Lucas
20th Century Fox
 David Seltzer (director/screenplay); Corey Haim, Charlie Sheen, Kerri Green, Courtney Thorne-Smith, Winona Ryder, Jeremy Piven, Tom Hodges, Ciro Poppiti, Guy Boyd, Garrett M. Brown, Gary Cole

April–June

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L 		11 Band of the Hand Tri-Star Pictures Paul Michael Glaser (director); Leo Garen, Jack Baran (screenplay); Stephen Lang, James Remar, Leon Robinson, Larry Fishburne, Michael Carmine, John Cameron Mitchell, Danny Quinn, Lauren Holly, Al Shannon
Critters New Line Cinema
Billy "Green" Bush, Scott Grimes, Nadine van der Velde, Don Keith Opper, Lin Shaye, Billy Zane, Ethan Phillips, Terrence Mann
, Jeremy Lawrence
Off Beat Touchstone Pictures / Silver Screen Partners Michael Dinner (director); Mark Medoff (screenplay); Judge Reinhold, Meg Tilly, John Turturro, Cleavant Derricks, Jacques d'Amboise, Harvey Keitel, Joe Mantegna, Amy Wright, Anthony Zerbe, Julie Bovasso, Penn Jillette, Mel Winkler, Irving Metzman, Mike Starr, Shawn Elliott, Stanley Simmonds, Nancy Giles, Paul Butler, John Kapelos, Bill Sadler, Christopher Noth, Austin Pendleton
A Room with a View Curzon Film Distributors / Merchant Ivory Productions / Goldcrest Films / Film Four International James Ivory (director); Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (screenplay); Helena Bonham Carter, Julian Sands, Maggie Smith, Denholm Elliott, Daniel Day-Lewis, Simon Callow, Rosemary Leach, Rupert Graves, Patrick Godfrey, Judi Dench, Fabia Drake, Joan Henley, Amanda Walker, Maria Britneva, Mia Fothergill, Peter Cellier
18 Absolute Beginners
Palace Pictures / Goldcrest Films / Virgin Films
Sylvia Sims, Slim Gaillard, Jess Conrad, Smiley Culture, Amanda Jane Powell, Johnny Shannon, Colin Jeavons, Sandie Shaw, Bruno Tonioli, Eric Sykes
At Close Range Orion Pictures
R.D. Call, David Strathairn, J.C. Quinn, Candy Clark, Jake Dengel, Stephen Geoffreys, Alan Autry
, Noelle Parker
Desert Bloom Columbia Pictures / Carson Productions Eugene Corr (director/screenplay); Linda Remy (screenplay); Jon Voight, JoBeth Williams, Ellen Barkin, Allen Garfield, Annabeth Gish, Jay Underwood, Ann Risley, Desiree Joseph, Dusty Balcerzak, Tressi Loria, Laura Rasmussen, William Lang, Jim McCarthy
Murphy's Law Cannon Films
Bill Henderson, James Luisi, Janet MacLachlan, Lawrence Tierney
, Clifford A. Pellow, Don Brodie
Wise Guys MGM Entertainment Co. Brian De Palma (director); George Gallo, Norman Steinberg (screenplay); Danny DeVito, Joe Piscopo, Harvey Keitel, Ray Sharkey, Dan Hedaya, Captain Lou Albano, Julie Bovasso, Patti LuPone, Antonia Rey, Matthew Kaye, Frank Vincent, Anthony Holland, Dan Resin, Jill Larson, Maria Pitillo, Catherine Scorsese, Charles Scorsese, Mimi Cecchini, Tony Munafo, Tony Rizzoli, Rick Petrucelli
25 8 Million Ways to Die Tri-Star Pictures / Producers Sales Organization
James Avery
, Lisa Sloan, Christa Denton, Vance Valencia, Henry O. Arnold
Crimewave Columbia Pictures
Julie Harris
Violets Are Blue
Rastar
 Jack Fisk (director); Naomi Foner Gyllenhaal (screenplay); Sissy Spacek, Kevin Kline, Bonnie Bedelia, John Kellogg, Augusta Dabney, Mike Starr, Jim Standiford, Kate McGregor-Stewart, Annalee Jeffries, Adrian Sparks
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Tommy Lister, Jr., Willard E. Pugh, Sam Whipple, Paddi Edwards, Rick Hurst, Allan Graf
, Hank Stone, Rex Ryon, The Textones
Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling Columbia Pictures Richard Pryor (director/screenplay); Rocco Urbisci, Paul Mooney (screenplay); Richard Pryor, Paula Kelly, Art Evans, Barbara Williams, Fay Hauser, Billy Eckstine, Diahnne Abbott, Carmen McRae, Debbie Allen, Tanya Boyd, Wings Hauser, Michael Ironside, Scoey Mitchell, Mike Genovese, Marlene Warfield, Virginia Capers, Dennis Farina, Frederick Coffin, Ken Foree, Beau Starr, Dennis Hayden, E'Lon Cox
No Retreat, No Surrender New World Pictures / Balcor Film Investors / Seasonal Films Corey Yuen (director); Keith W. Strandberg (screenplay); Kurt McKinney, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Tai-chung Kim, Peter "Sugarfoot" Cunningham, J.W. Fails, Kathie Sileno, Kent Lipham, Ron Pohnel, Dale Jacoby, Joe Verroca, John Andes, Farid Panali, Mark Zacharatos, Ty Martinez, Timothy D. Baker, Gloria Marziano, Paul Oswell
Saving Grace Columbia Pictures / Embassy Pictures Robert M. Young (director); Richard Kramer, David S. Ward (screenplay); Tom Conti, Fernando Rey, Erland Josephson, Giancarlo Giannini, Donald Hewlett, Patricia Mauceri, Edward James Olmos, Marta Zoffoli
9 Dangerously Close Cannon Films Albert Pyun (director); John Stockwell, Scott Fields, Marty Ross (screenplay); John Stockwell, Carey Lowell, Madison Mason, Bradford Bancroft, J. Eddie Peck
Fire with Fire Paramount Pictures
Ann Savage, David Harris
Last Resort
Concorde Pictures
 Zane Buzby (director); Jeff Buhai, Steve Zacharias (screenplay); Charles Grodin, Megan Mullally, John Ashton, Brenda Bakke, Gerrit Graham, Phil Hartman, Chip Johannessen, Steve Levitt, Jon Lovitz, David Mirkin, Mario Van Peebles, Jacob Vargas, Buck Young, Zane Buzby, Ian Abercrombie, Scott Nemes, Robin Pearson Rose, Christopher Ames, Ellen Blake, Michael Markowitz, Brett Baxter Clark
Short Circuit Tri-Star Pictures / Producers Sales Organization
G.W. Bailey, Brian McNamara, Tim Blaney, Marvin J. McIntyre, John Garber, Penny Santon, Vernon Weddle, Barbara Tarbuck, Jack Thompson, Jack Angel, Cam Clarke, Don Messick, John Badham, Sergio Kato
14 Sweet Liberty Universal Pictures Alan Alda (director/screenplay); Alan Alda, Michael Caine, Michelle Pfeiffer, Bob Hoskins, Lise Hilboldt, Lillian Gish, Saul Rubinek, Lois Chiles, Linda Thorson
16 Hard Choices Lorimar-Telepictures Rick King (director/screenplay);
J.T. Walsh, John Snyder, Martin Donovan, Spalding Gray
Top Gun Paramount Pictures / Jerry Bruckheimer Tony Scott (director); Jim Cash, Jack Epps Jr. (screenplay); Tom Cruise, Kelly McGillis, Val Kilmer, Anthony Edwards, Tom Skerritt, Michael Ironside, John Stockwell, Barry Tubb, Rick Rossovich, Tim Robbins, James Tolkan, Meg Ryan, Clarence Gilyard, Whip Hubley, Adrian Pasdar
21 Crawlspace Empire Pictures David Schmoeller (director/screenplay); Klaus Kinski, Talia Balsam, Barbara Whinnery, Carole Francis, Tané McClure, Sally Brown, Jack Heller, David Abbott, Kenneth Robert Shippy, Sherry Buchanan
23 Cobra Warner Bros. Pictures / Cannon Films George P. Cosmatos (director); Sylvester Stallone (screenplay); Sylvester Stallone, Brigitte Nielsen, Reni Santoni, Andrew Robinson, Brian Thompson, John Herzfeld, Lee Garlington, Art LaFleur, Marco Rodríguez, Val Avery, David Rasche, Nick Angotti, Harry Demopoulos
Poltergeist II: The Other Side Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Whitby Hertford, Corey Burton
30 Big Trouble Columbia Pictures / Delphi III Productions
Rosemarie Stack, Barbara Tarbuck, Warren Munson, Al White, Teddy Wilson, Jaime Sánchez
, Steve Alterman, Jerry Pavlon, Paul La Greca, Edith Fields, Gloria Gifford
A Great Wall Orion Classics Peter Wang (director); Shirley Sun, Peter Wang (screenplay); Peter Wang, Kelvin Han Yee, Sharon Iwai
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My Little Pony: The Movie De Laurentiis Entertainment Group / Hasbro / Sunbow Productions / Toei Animation Michael Joens (director); George Arthur Bloom (screenplay); Cloris Leachman, Danny DeVito, Rhea Perlman, Madeline Kahn, Tony Randall, Charlie Adler, Russi Taylor, Nancy Cartwright, Cathy Cavadini, Katie Leigh, Alice Playten, Jon Bauman, Michael Bell, Susan Blu, Peter Cullen, Laura Dean, Ellen Gerstell, Scott Menville, Frank Welker, Tammy Amerson, Sheryl Bernstein, Keri Houlihan, Laurel Page, Sarah Partridge, Jill Wayne
Raw Deal De Laurentiis Entertainment Group / Embassy Pictures
Gary Houston, Dick Durock, Thomas Rosales Jr., Ralph Foody, Sven-Ole Thorsen
, Denver Mattson, John Malloy, Steve Holt, Frank Ferrara, Jack Hallett, Jay Butler, Tony DiBenedetto, Tom Hull, James Eric
SpaceCamp
20th Century Fox / ABC Motion Pictures
 Harry Winer (director); Clifford Green, Casey T. Mitchell (screenplay); Kate Capshaw, Lea Thompson, Kelly Preston, Larry B. Scott, Joaquin Phoenix, Tate Donovan, Tom Skerritt, Barry Primus, Terry O'Quinn, Mitchell Anderson, Scott Coffey, Kevin Gage, Frank Welker, Pamela Adlon
11 Ferris Bueller's Day Off Paramount Pictures John Hughes (director/screenplay); Matthew Broderick, Alan Ruck, Mia Sara, Jennifer Grey, Jeffrey Jones, Lyman Ward, Cindy Pickett, Edie McClurg, Ben Stein, Charlie Sheen, Del Close, Virginia Capers, Richard Edson, Larry "Flash" Jenkins, Kristy Swanson, Max Perlich, Scott Coffey, Eric Saiet, Jonathan Schmock, Joey D. Vieira, Louie Anderson, Stephanie Blake, Dee Dee Rescher, John Hughes
13 Back to School Orion Pictures
David L. Snyder
Belizaire the Cajun Skouras Pictures Glen Pitre (director/screenplay); Armand Assante, Gail Youngs, Michael Schoeffling, Stephen McHattie, Will Patton, Nancy Barrett, Loulan Pitre, Sr., Paul Landry, Robert Duvall, Bob Edmundson, Andre Delaunay, Jim Levert, Ernie Vincent, Allan Durand, Charlie Goulas
The Manhattan Project
20th Century Fox
 Marshall Brickman (director/screenplay); Thomas Baum (screenplay); John Lithgow, Christopher Collet, Cynthia Nixon, John Mahoney, Jill Eikenberry, Robert Sean Leonard, Richard Jenkins, Gregg Edelman
Mona Lisa
 Island Pictures / HandMade Films
Joe Brown, Pauline Melville, Hossein Karimbeik, Maggie O'Neill, Bryan Coleman, Robert Dorning, Perry Fenwick
, John Darling
Never Too Young to Die Paul Entertainment Gil Bettman (director/screenplay); Steven Paul, Anthony Foutz (screenplay); John Stamos, Vanity, Gene Simmons, George Lazenby, Robert Englund, John Anderson, Branscombe Richmond, Peter Kwong, Ed Brock, Randy Hall
18 Legal Eagles Universal Pictures Ivan Reitman (director); Jim Cash, Jack Epps Jr. (screenplay); Robert Redford, Debra Winger, Daryl Hannah, Brian Dennehy, Terence Stamp, Steven Hill, Christine Baranski, Roscoe Lee Browne, David Clennon, John McMartin, Robert Curtis Brown, Grant Heslov, Sara Botsford, Jennifer Dundas, David Hart, James Hurdle, Gary Howard Klar, Christian Clemenson, Bruce French, Lynn Hamilton, Brian Doyle-Murray, Burke Byrnes, Bart Burns, Paul Jabara, Kristine Sutherland, Vincent Guastaferro, Ron Foster, Jay Thomas, Alex Nevil, Lou Cutell, Liz Sheridan, Marshall Bell
20 The Karate Kid Part II Columbia Pictures
B.D. Wong, Clarence Gilyard
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (re-issue) Walt Disney Pictures John Lounsbery, Wolfgang Reitherman (directors); Larry Clemmons, Ralph Wright, Vance Gerry, Xavier Atencio, Ken Anderson, Julius Svendsen, Ted Berman, Eric Cleworth (screenplay); Sterling Holloway, John Fiedler, Junius Matthews, Paul Winchell, Howard Morris, Bruce Reitherman, Jon Walmsley, Timothy Turner, Ralph Wright, Clint Howard, Barbara Luddy, Hal Smith, Sebastian Cabot, Dori Whitaker
27 American Anthem Columbia Pictures / Lorimar Motion Pictures
R.J. Williams, John Aprea, Michelle Phillips, Jenny Ester, Megan Marsden, Li Yuejiu
, Tiny Wells, Kathrine Godney, Stacy Maloney, Peter Tramm, Maria Anz, Andrew White, Dick McGarvin, Mark Oates, Jan Claire, Googy Gress
Labyrinth Tri-Star Pictures / The Jim Henson Company / Lucasfilm
Sean Barrett, John Bluthal, Steve Nallon, Jan Ravens, Enn Reitel, Kerry Shale, Kenny Baker, Warwick Davis, Malcolm Dixon
Running Scared Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Peter Hyams (director); Gary DeVore, Jimmy Huston (screenplay); Gregory Hines, Billy Crystal, Steven Bauer, Darlanne Fluegel, Joe Pantoliano, Dan Hedaya, Jon Gries, Tracy Reed, Jimmy Smits, John DiSanti, Larry Hankin, Don Calfa, Robert Lesser, Deanna Dunagan, Stephen Burrows, Luis Contreras, Al Leong
Ruthless People Touchstone Pictures / Silver Screen Partners
George "The Animal" Steele

July–September

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Y 		2 About Last Night Tri-Star Pictures Edward Zwick (director); Tim Kazurinsky, Denise DeClue (screenplay); Rob Lowe, Demi Moore, Jim Belushi, Elizabeth Perkins, George DiCenzo, Robin Thomas, Megan Mullally, Sachi Parker, Rosanna DeSoto, Catherine Keener, Ada Maris, Joe Greco, Robert Neches
Big Trouble in Little China
20th Century Fox
Victor Wong, Kate Burton, Donald Li, Carter Wong, Peter Kwong, James Pax, Suzee Pai, Chao-Li Chi, Jeff Imada, Al Leong, Gerald Okamura, Nathan Jung, Lia Chang, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Frank Ho, James Lew, Noble Craig
The Great Mouse Detective Walt Disney Pictures
Susanne Pollatschek, Candy Candido, Alan Young, Diana Chesney, Eve Brenner, Frank Welker, Basil Rathbone, Laurie Main, Wayne Allwine, Tony Anselmo, Walker Edmiston, Melissa Manchester
Psycho III Universal Pictures Anthony Perkins (director); Charles Edward Pogue (screenplay); Anthony Perkins, Diana Scarwid, Jeff Fahey, Roberta Maxwell, Hugh Gillin, Robert Alan Browne, Lee Garlington, Donovan Scott, Karen Hensel, Jack Murdock, Katt Shea, Janet Leigh, Claudia Bryar, Gary Bayer, Juliette Cummins
Under the Cherry Moon Warner Bros. Pictures Prince (director); Becky Johnston (screenplay); Prince, Jerome Benton, Kristin Scott Thomas, Steven Berkoff, Emmanuelle Sallet, Alexandra Stewart, Francesca Annis, Victor Spinetti, Myriam Tadesse, Moune De Vivier
4 Howling II: Your Sister Is a Werewolf Hemdale Film Corporation / Granite Productions Philippe Mora (director); Robert Sarno, Gary Brandner (screenplay); Christopher Lee, Annie McEnroe, Reb Brown, Marsha Hunt, Sybil Danning, Ferdy Mayne, Jimmy Nail, Ivo Niederle, Jan Kraus, Judd Omen, Patrick Field, Ladislav Krečmer, Valerie Kaplanová
11 Club Paradise Warner Bros. Pictures
Louise Bennett, Ansell "Double Barrel" Cousins, Earl "Chinna" Smith, Carey Lowell, Louis Zorich, Bruce McGill
, Anne Ramis
Miracles Orion Pictures
Adalberto Martínez, Jorge Reynoso, Ken Lerner, Charles Rocket, Brion James, Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez, Erika Faraon, Paco Morayta, Barbara Whinnery, Squire Fridell, Ken Hixon
, Jorge Russek, Shelby Leverington
18 Aliens
20th Century Fox / Brandywine Productions
Carrie Henn, Michael Biehn, Paul Reiser, Lance Henriksen, William Hope, Bill Paxton, Jenette Goldstein, Al Matthews, Mark Rolston, Ricco Ross, Colette Hiller, Daniel Kash, Cynthia Dale Scott, Tip Tipping, Trevor Steedman, Paul Maxwell
, Carl Toop
Vamp New World Pictures Richard Wenk (director/screenplay); Donald P. Borchers (screenplay); Grace Jones, Chris Makepeace, Sandy Baron, Robert Rusler, Dedee Pfeiffer, Gedde Watanabe, Billy Drago, Lisa Lyon
25 Echo Park Orion Pictures Robert Dornhelm (director); Michael Ventura (screenplay); Susan Dey, Tom Hulce, Michael Bowen, Cheech Marin, John Paragon, Cassandra Peterson
Haunted Honeymoon Orion Pictures Gene Wilder (director/screenplay); Terence Marsh (screenplay); Gene Wilder, Gilda Radner, Dom DeLuise, Jonathan Pryce, Paul L. Smith, Bryan Pringle, Peter Vaughan, Eve Ferret, Jim Carter, Jo Ross, Roger Ashton-Griffiths, Ann Way, Sally Osborne
Heartburn Paramount Pictures Mike Nichols (director); Nora Ephron (screenplay); Meryl Streep, Jack Nicholson, Stockard Channing, Jeff Daniels, Miloš Forman, Steven Hill, Catherine O'Hara, Mamie Gummer, Joanna Gleason, Anna Maria Horsford, Richard Masur, Maureen Stapleton, Mercedes Ruehl, Kevin Spacey, Dana Ivey, Karen Akers, Jack Gilpin, Kenneth Welsh
Maximum Overdrive De Laurentiis Entertainment Group Stephen King (director/screenplay); Emilio Estevez, Pat Hingle, Laura Harrington, Christopher Murney, Yeardley Smith, Frankie Faison, Leon Rippy, J.C. Quinn, Holter Graham, John Short, Ellen McElduff, Barry Bell, Patrick Miller, J. Don Ferguson, Giancarlo Esposito, Marla Maples, Stephen King
Out of Bounds Columbia Pictures Richard Tuggle (director); Tony Kayden (screenplay); Anthony Michael Hall, Jenny Wright, Jeff Kober, Glynn Turman, Raymond J. Barry, Pepe Serna, Michele Little, Jerry Levine, Meat Loaf, Ji-Tu Cumbuka, Kevin McCorkle, Linda Shayne, Maggie Gwinn, Ted Gehring, Allan Graf, John Vickery, David Chung, John Tarnoff, Dan Lewk, Tony Acierto, Tony Kayden, Jennifer Balgobin
The Patriot Crown International Pictures Frank Harris (director); Andy Ruben, Katt Shea Ruben (screenplay); Gregg Henry, Simone Griffeth, Michael J. Pollard, Jeff Conaway, Stack Pierce, Leslie Nielsen, Glenn Withrow, Diane Stevenett, Mike Gomez, Larry Mintz, Anthony Caldarella, Larry Moss, Smith Osbourne, Sally Brown
Robotech: The Movie Cannon Films / Harmony Gold USA / Tatsunoko Production / Anime International Company Noboru Ishiguro, Carl Macek (directors); Ardwight Chamberlain (screenplay); Kerrigan Mahan, Iona Morris, Diane Michelle, Gregory Snegoff, Edie Mirman, Wendee Lee, Robert V. Barron, Michael McConnohie, Greg Finley, Frank Catalano, Bill Capizzi, Richard Epcar, Dave Mallow, Edward Mannix, Mike Reynolds, Tom Wyner, Wayne Anthony, Etienne Bannuett, Jaque Maecell, Ike Medlick, Spike Niblick, Bruce Winant
30 The Assam Garden Paramount Pictures / Moving Picture Company Mary McMurray (director); Elisabeth Bond (screenplay); Deborah Kerr
Nothing in Common Tri-Star Pictures / Rastar
Michael G. Hagerty, Toni Hudson, Bruce A. Young, Kathleen Marshall, Scott Marshall, Kim Genelle, Lynda Goodfriend, Andra Akers, Tracy Reiner, Sam Denoff, Johnny Yune, Lorna Thayer, Meg Wyllie, Jeris Lee Poindexter, Frank Campanella, Conrad Janis, Philip Baker Hall, Richard Kind, Cindy Harrell, Bill Applebaum, Mona Lyden, Julio Alonso, Jane Morris, Jeff Michalski, Ben Rawnsley, Mark von Holstein, Ron Dean, Steve Sheridan, Vincent Guastaferro
, John Antony, Harvey Keenan
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Flight of the Navigator Walt Disney Pictures / Producers Sales Organization Randal Kleiser (director); Michael Burton, Matt MacManus (screenplay); Joey Cramer, Paul Reubens, Veronica Cartwright, Cliff DeYoung, Sarah Jessica Parker, Matt Adler, Howard Hesseman, Jonathan Sanger, Iris Acker, Richard Liberty, Raymond Forchion, Keri Rogers, Albie Whitaker
Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives Paramount Pictures
C.J. Graham, Dan Bradley, Alan Blumenfeld, Ron Palillo, Michael Swan, Whitney Rydbeck, Roger Rose
, Nancy McLoughlin, Matthew Faison, Ann Ryerson, Vincent Guastaferro, Courtney Vickery, Bob Larkin, Wallace Merck, Cynthia Kania, Michael Nomad, Justin Nowell, Tommy Nowell
Good to Go Island Pictures Blaine Novak (director/screenplay); Art Garfunkel, Robert DoQui, Harris Yulin, Richard Brooks, Richard Bauer, Hattie Winston, Fab Five Freddy, Anjelica Huston, Reginald Daughtry, Paula Davis, Michael White
Howard the Duck Universal Pictures / Lucasfilm / Marvel Entertainment
Tim Rose, Peter Baird, Debbie Lee Carrington, Mel Blanc
, Steve Sleap, Mary Wells, Lisa Sturz, Brian Steele
8 A Fine Mess Columbia Pictures
Emma Walton
, Carrie Leigh, Sharan Lea
One Crazy Summer Warner Bros. Pictures / A&M Films Savage Steve Holland (director/screenplay); John Cusack, Demi Moore, Bobcat Goldthwait, Curtis Armstrong, Joel Murray, William Hickey, Joe Flaherty, Mark Metcalf, John Matuszak, Kimberly Foster, Matt Mulhern, Rich Little, Tom Villard, Jeremy Piven, Rich Hall, Taylor Negron, Billie Bird, Bruce Wagner
She's Gotta Have It Island Pictures / 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks Spike Lee (director/screenplay); Tracy Camilla Johns, Redmond Hicks, John Canada Terrell, Spike Lee, Raye Dowell, Joie Lee, S. Epatha Merkerson, Bill Lee, Monty Ross, Erik Dellums, Reginald Hudlin, Ernest Dickerson, Fab Five Freddy, Dennis Karika, Tiziano Cortini, Eric Payne, Marcus Turner, Gerard Brown, Eric Wilkins, Scott Sillers, Geoffrey Garfield
The Transformers: The Movie De Laurentiis Entertainment Group / Hasbro / Sunbow Productions / Toei Animation
Stanley Jones, Arthur Burghardt, Don Messick, Jack Angel, Ed Gilbert, Clive Revill, Hal Rayle, David Mendenhall, Norman Alden
, Victor Caroli
15 Armed and Dangerous Columbia Pictures
Saveliy Kramarov
The Boy Who Could Fly
20th Century Fox / Lorimar Film Entertainment
 Nick Castle (director/screenplay); Jay Underwood, Lucy Deakins, Bonnie Bedelia, Fred Savage, Fred Gwynne, Colleen Dewhurst, Mindy Cohn, Janet MacLachlan, Jason Priestley, Cameron Bancroft, Louise Fletcher
The Fly
20th Century Fox
Leslie Carlson, George Chuvalo, David Cronenberg
Manhunter De Laurentiis Entertainment Group
L.A. Winters, Kin Shriner, John Posey, Bill Smitrovich, Peter Maloney, Michael D. Roberts, Marshall Bell, Annie McEnroe
22 Extremities Paramount Pictures / Atlantic Releasing Corporation
James Avery, Eddie Velez
, Donna Lynn Leavy, Michael Hennessy, Danika Hendrickson
Night of the Creeps Tri-Star Pictures
Elizabeth Alda, Lori Lively, Dan Frischman, Shane Black, Robert Kurtzman, Howard Berger, Robert Kerman, Ken Heron, Alice Cadogan, June Harris, Robert Kino, Vic Polizos
, Evelyne Smith, Dave Alan Johnson
Stand by Me Columbia Pictures Rob Reiner (director); Bruce A. Evans, Raynold Gideon (screenplay); Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman, Jerry O'Connell, Kiefer Sutherland, Casey Siemaszko, John Cusack, Marshall Bell, Frances Lee McCain, Gary Riley, Bradley Gregg, Bruce Kirby, William Bronder, Scott Beach, Richard Dreyfuss, Jason Oliver, Andy Lindberg, Madeleine Swift, Kent Luttrell
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 Cannon Films
L.M. Kit Carson (screenplay); Dennis Hopper, Caroline Williams, Jim Siedow, Bill Johnson, Bill Moseley, Lou Perryman, Judy Kelly, Chris Douridas, Ken Evert, Kinky Friedman, Dan Jenkins, Joe Bob Briggs
29 Shanghai Surprise Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / HandMade Films
Victor Wong, Lim Kay Tong
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13 Avenging Force Cannon Films / Golan-Globus
John P. Ryan, William Wallace, Marc Alaimo, James Booth
, Karl Johnson, Allison Gereighty
19 Blue Velvet De Laurentiis Entertainment Group David Lynch (director/screenplay); Kyle MacLachlan, Isabella Rossellini, Dennis Hopper, Laura Dern, Hope Lange, Dean Stockwell, George Dickerson, Priscilla Pointer, Frances Bay, Brad Dourif, Jack Nance, Fred Pickler, Angelo Badalamenti, Jack Harvey, Ken Stovitz, J. Michael Hunter, Dick Green, Jon Jon Snipes
The Men's Club Atlantic Releasing Corporation Peter Medak (director); Leonard Michaels (screenplay); Roy Scheider, Harvey Keitel, Frank Langella, Treat Williams, David Dukes, Richard Jordan, Craig Wasson, Stockard Channing, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Ann Wedgeworth, Gina Gallego, Cindy Pickett, Gwen Welles, Penny Baker, Claudia Cron, Ann Dusenberry, Rebeccah Bush, Marilyn Jones, Manette La Chance
Where the River Runs Black MGM Entertainment Co. Christopher Cain (director); Neal Jimenez, Peter Silverman (screenplay); Charles Durning, Peter Horton, Dana Delany, Ajay Naidu, Cástulo Guerra, Conchata Ferrell, Chico Díaz, Paulo Sergio Oliveira, Alessandro Rabelo, Marcelo Rabelo, Ariel Coelho, Divana Brandão
20 Down by Law Island Pictures / PolyGram Filmed Entertainment
Joy N. Houck, Jr.
, Timothea, L.C. Drane, Carrie Lindsoe, Ralph Joseph, Richard Boes, Dave Petitjean
24 The Name of the Rose
20th Century Fox / ZDF / France 3
 Jean-Jacques Annaud (director); Andrew Birkin, Gérard Brach, Howard Franklin, Alain Godard (screenplay); Sean Connery, F. Murray Abraham, Feodor Chaliapin Jr., William Hickey, Michael Lonsdale, Ron Perlman, Christian Slater, Valentina Vargas, Helmut Qualtinger, Elya Baskin, Volker Prechtel, Michael Habeck, Urs Althaus, Leopoldo Trieste, Franco Valobra, Vernon Dobtcheff, Donald O'Brien, Andrew Birkin, Lucien Bodard, Peter Berling, Pete Lancaster, Dwight Weist
26 Crocodile Dundee Paramount Pictures Peter Faiman (director); Paul Hogan, Ken Shadie, John Cornell (screenplay); Paul Hogan, Linda Kozlowski, Mark Blum, David Gulpilil, Michael Lombard, John Meillon, Reginald VelJohnson, Terry Gill, Steve Rackman, Gerry Skilton, Caitlin Clarke, John Snyder, Anne Carlisle, Anne Francine, Paul Greco, David Bracks, Peter Turnbull, Rik Colitti, Christine Totos, Graham 'Grace' Walker, Nancy Mette, Paige Matthews
Half Moon Street
20th Century Fox / RKO Pictures
Robert Lee, Janet McTeer, Carol Cleveland, Siobhan Redmond, Faith Kent, Ann Hanson, Patrick Newman, Muriel Villiers, Ninka Scott, Jasper Jacob, Joseph Karimbeik, Anita Edwards, John Sinclair, Eiji Kusuhara
, Katherine Schofield

October–December

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R 		3 Children of a Lesser God Paramount Pictures Randa Haines (director); Mark Medoff, Hesper Anderson (screenplay); Marlee Matlin, William Hurt, Piper Laurie, Philip Bosco, Linda Bove, Allison Gompf, Bob Hiltermann
Round Midnight Warner Bros. Pictures / Little Bear / PECF
Cheikh Fall, Tony Williams, Freddie Hubbard, Cedar Walton
, Gabrielle Haker, Frédérique Meininger, Hart Leroy Bibbs, Ged Marlon, Victoria Gabrielle Platt, Éric Le Lann, Michel Pérez
Tough Guys
The Bryna Company
 Jeff Kanew (director); James Orr, James Cruikshank (screenplay); Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Charles Durning, Alexis Smith, Dana Carvey, Darlanne Fluegel, Eli Wallach, Billy Barty, Darlene Conley, Nathan Davis, Grant Aleksander, Monty Ash, Simmy Bow, Graham Jarvis, Ernie Sabella, Hilary Shepard, Jake Steinfeld, John Mariano, Jimmy Lennon, Michele Marsh, Todd Hallowell, Ellen Albertini Dow, Red Hot Chili Peppers
8 The Color of Money Touchstone Pictures / Silver Screen Partners Martin Scorsese (director); Richard Price (screenplay); Paul Newman, Tom Cruise, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Helen Shaver, John Turturro, Bill Cobbs, Forest Whitaker, Keith McCready, Elizabeth Bracco, Ron Dean, Iggy Pop, Charles Scorsese, Bruce A. Young
10 Deadly Friend Warner Bros. Pictures
Anne Twomey, Richard Marcus, Anne Ramsey, Lee Paul, Russ Marin, Charles Fleischer
Jumpin' Jack Flash
20th Century Fox / Silver Pictures
 Penny Marshall (director); David Franzoni, Charles Shyer, Nancy Meyers, Chris Thompson (screenplay); Whoopi Goldberg, Jonathan Pryce, Stephen Collins, John Wood, Jeroen Krabbé, Jim Belushi, Sara Botsford, Peter Michael Goetz, Roscoe Lee Browne, Vyto Ruginis, Carol Kane, Annie Potts, Teagan Clive, Jon Lovitz, Phil Hartman, Michael McKean, Tracey Ullman, Tracy Reiner
Peggy Sue Got Married Tri-Star Pictures / American Zoetrope / Rastar Francis Ford Coppola (director); Jerry Leichtling, Arlene Sarner (screenplay); Kathleen Turner, Nicolas Cage, Barry Miller, Catherine Hicks, Joan Allen, Kevin J. O'Connor, Jim Carrey, Lisa Jane Persky, Lucinda Jenney, Wil Shriner, Barbara Harris, Don Murray, Sofia Coppola, Maureen O'Sullivan, Leon Ames, Helen Hunt, Don Stark, Marshall Crenshaw, Glenn Withrow, Harry Basil, John Carradine, Sachi Parker
That's Life! Columbia Pictures
Emma Walton, Felicia Farr, Theodore Wilson
True Stories Warner Bros. Pictures David Byrne (director/screenplay); Stephen Tobolowsky, Beth Henley (screenplay); John Goodman, Annie McEnroe, Swoosie Kurtz, Spalding Gray, Pops Staples, Tito Larriva, David Byrne, John Ingle, Jo Harvey Allen
24 Soul Man New World Pictures
M.C. Gainey
, Mark Neely, Dave Reynolds
Trick or Treat De Laurentiis Entertainment Group Charles Martin Smith (director); Joel Soisson, Michael S. Murphey (screenplay); Marc Price, Tony Fields, Lisa Orgolini, Doug Savant, Elaine Joyce, Glen Morgan, Gene Simmons, Ozzy Osbourne, Alice Nunn, Charles Martin Smith, Clare Nono
31 The Mission Warner Bros. Pictures Roland Joffé (director); Robert Bolt (screenplay); Robert De Niro, Jeremy Irons, Ray McAnally, Aidan Quinn, Cherie Lunghi, Ronald Pickup, Chuck Low, Liam Neeson, Daniel Berrigan, Álvaro Guerrero, Fred Melamed, Monirak Sisowath, Bercelio Moya, Sigifredo Ismare, Asuncion Ontiveros, Alejandrino Moya, Rolf Gray
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R 		7 52 Pick-Up Cannon Films John Frankenheimer (director); John Steppling, Elmore Leonard (screenplay); Roy Scheider, Ann-Margret, Vanity, John Glover, Clarence Williams III, Lonny Chapman, Kelly Preston, Robert Trebor, Doug McClure, Tom Byron, Herschel Savage, Ron Jeremy Hyatt, Amber Lynn, Sharon Mitchell
Modern Girls Atlantic Releasing Corporation Jerry Kramer (director); Laurie Craig, Anita Rosenberg (screenplay); Virginia Madsen, Cynthia Gibb, Daphne Zuniga, Clayton Rohner, Chris Nash, Stephen Shellen, Rick Overton, John Dye, Martin Ferrero, Troy Evans, Mark Holton, Stuart Charno, Cameron Thor, Ron Campbell, Josh Richman, Pamela Springsteen, Mike Muscat
Sid and Nancy The Samuel Goldwyn Company / Palace Pictures / Zenith Productions
Anne Lambton, Mark Monero, Biff Yeager, Peter Lee-Wilson, Gloria LeRoy, Milton Selzer, Iggy Pop
, Tony London, Graham Fletcher-Cook, Michele Winstanley, Andy Bradford, Barbara Coles
Something Wild Orion Pictures
Su Tissue, Charles Napier, John Sayles, Tracey Walter, Gary Goetzman, John Waters, Sister Carol, The Feelies
, Buzz Kilman
Tai-Pan De Laurentiis Entertainment Group
Denise Kellogg, Patrick Ryecart, Rob Spendlove
, Dickey Beer, Cheng Chuang, Chen Shu, Richard Foo, Carol Gillies, Billy Horrigan, Phil Chatterton, Frans Dames
8 Quiet Cool New Line Cinema Clay Borris (director/screenplay); Susan Vercellino (screenplay); James Remar, Adam Coleman Howard, Daphne Ashbrook, Jared Martin, Nick Cassavetes, Joey Sagal, Chris Mulkey, Clayton Landey, Fran Ryan, Ted White, Rob Moran, Brooks Gardner, Travis McKenna
12 Heat New Century Vista Dick Richards, Jerry Jameson (directors); William Goldman (screenplay); Burt Reynolds, Karen Young, Peter MacNicol, Neill Barry, Howard Hesseman, Diana Scarwid, Joseph Mascolo, Deborah Rush, Wendell Burton, Joe Klecko, Pete Koch
14 Every Time We Say Goodbye Tri-Star Pictures
Alon Aboutboul
, Dafna Armoni
Hoosiers Orion Pictures David Anspaugh (director); Angelo Pizzo (screenplay); Gene Hackman, Barbara Hershey, Dennis Hopper, Sheb Wooley, Maris Valainis, Brad Long, Steve Hollar, Fern Persons, Chelcie Ross, David Neidorf, Brad Boyle, Wade Schenck, Kent Poole, Scott Summers
Streets of Gold
20th Century Fox
Angela Molina, Elya Baskin, Rainbow Harvest, John Mahoney
, Dan O'Shea
21 An American Tail
Sullivan Bluth Studios / Amblin Entertainment
Frank Marshall (executive producers); Steven Spielberg, David Kirschner (executive producers); Cynthia Weil, James Horner, Barry Mann (original songs), James Horner (music); Phillip Glasser, Amy Green, Nehemiah Persoff, Erica Yohn, Dom DeLuise, Christopher Plummer, Pat Musick, Cathianne Blore, John Finnegan, Will Ryan, Hal Smith, Neil Ross, Madeline Kahn, Dan Kuenster
Defense of the Realm
 Hemdale Film Corporation
David Drury (director); Martin Stellman (screenplay); Gabriel Byrne, Greta Scacchi, Denholm Elliott, Ian Bannen, Fulton Mackay, Bill Paterson, David Calder, Frederick Treves, Robbie Coltrane, Annabel Leventon, Graham Fletcher-Cook, Danny Webb, Prentis Hancock, Mark Tandy, Oliver Ford Davies, George Ellis Jonesas, James Fleet, Lyndon Brook, Philip Whitchurch, Laurance Rudic
Firewalker Cannon Films J. Lee Thompson (director); Robert Gosnell (screenplay); Chuck Norris, Louis Gossett Jr., Melody Anderson, Will Sampson, Sonny Landham, John Rhys-Davies, Ian Abercrombie, Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez, John Hazelwood, Richard Lee-Sung, Álvaro Carcaño, Dale Payne, José Escandón, Mário Arévalo, Miguel Ángel Fuentes
Song of the South (re-issue) Walt Disney Pictures Harve Foster, Wilfred Jackson (director); Morton Grant, Maurice Rapf, Dalton S. Reymond, Bill Peet, George Stallings, Ralph Wright (screenplay); James Baskett, Bobby Driscoll, Luana Patten, Ruth Warrick, Hattie McDaniel, Lucile Watson, Mary Field, Johnny Lee, Nick Stewart, Roy Glenn, Clarence Nash, Glenn Leedy, Erik Rolf, Olivier Urbain, Anita Brown, George Nokes, Gene Holland, Helen Crozier
The Wraith New Century Vista Mike Marvin (director/screenplay); Charlie Sheen, Nick Cassavetes, Sherilyn Fenn, Randy Quaid, Matthew Barry, Clint Howard, Griffin O'Neal, David Sherrill, Jamie Bozian, Chris Nash, Christopher Bradley, Jeffrey Sudzin, Peder Melhuse, Michael Hundrtford, Dick Alexander, Vickie Benson, Steven Eckholdt, Elizabeth Cox, Joan H. Reynolds
26 The Mosquito Coast Warner Bros. Pictures
Andre Gregory, Martha Plimpton, Dick O'Neill, Jadrien Steele, Jason Alexander, William Newman, Aurora Clavel, Butterfly McQueen
, Melanie Boland, Hilary Gordon, Rebecca Gordon, Alice Heffernan-Sneed
Nutcracker: The Motion Picture Atlantic Releasing Corporation / Pacific Northwest Ballet / Hyperion Pictures / The Kushner-Locke Company Carroll Ballard (director)
Solarbabies Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Alan Johnson (director); Walon Green, Douglas Anthony Metrov (screenplay); Richard Jordan, Jami Gertz, Jason Patric, Lukas Haas, Charles Durning, James LeGros, Peter DeLuise, Adrian Pasdar, Sarah Douglas, Frank Converse, Terrence Mann, Alexei Sayle, Bruce Payne, Willoughby Gray, Kelly Bishop, Jimmy Star, Claude Brooks, Peter Kowanko
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home Paramount Pictures
Kirk R. Thatcher, Jeff Lester, Joe Lando, Madge Sinclair
28 Eye of the Tiger Village Roadshow Pictures Richard C. Sarafian (director); Michael Thomas Montgomery (screenplay); Gary Busey, Yaphet Kotto, Seymour Cassel, Bert Remsen, Denise Galik, William Smith, Judith Barsi, Kimberlin Brown, Ted Markland
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R 		5 Heartbreak Ridge Warner Bros. Pictures / Malpaso Productions Clint Eastwood (director); James Carabastos, Joseph Stinson (screenplay); Clint Eastwood, Marsha Mason, Everett McGill, Moses Gunn, Eileen Heckart, Bo Svenson, Boyd Gaines, Mario Van Peebles, Vincent Irizarry, Ramón Franco, Tom Villard, Mike Gomez, Peter Koch, Richard Venture, Peter Jason, John Hostetter, Mark Mattingly, Arlen Dean Snyder, Rodney Hill
12 Crimes of the Heart De Laurentiis Entertainment Group Bruce Beresford (director); Beth Henley (screenplay); Diane Keaton, Jessica Lange, Sissy Spacek, Sam Shepard, Tess Harper, Hurd Hatfield, Beeson Carroll, David Carpenter
The Golden Child Paramount Pictures / Industrial Light & Magic
Tiger Chung Lee, Pons Maar, Wally Taylor, Eric Douglas, Charles Levin, Marilyn Schreffler, Frank Welker
, J.L. Reate, Shakti Chen, Tau Logo, Peter Kwong
Native Son
Cinecom Pictures
 Jerrold Freedman (director); Richard Wesley (screenplay); Victor Love, Elizabeth McGovern, Matt Dillon, Geraldine Page, Oprah Winfrey, Akosua Busia, Carroll Baker, John McMartin, Art Evans, John Karlen, Willard E. Pugh, Ving Rhames
Three Amigos Orion Pictures / HBO Films John Landis (director); Steve Martin, Lorne Michaels, Randy Newman (screenplay); Steve Martin, Chevy Chase, Martin Short, Alfonso Arau, Tony Plana, Patrice Martinez, Joe Mantegna, Phil Hartman, Jon Lovitz, Tino Insana, Kai Wulff, Norbert Weisser, Brian Thompson, Randy Newman, Rebecca Underwood, Loyda Ramos, Phillip Gordon
19 King Kong Lives De Laurentiis Entertainment Group John Guillermin (director); Ronald Shusett, Steven Pressfield (screenplay); Brian Kerwin, Linda Hamilton, John Ashton, Peter Michael Goetz, Michael Forest, Leon Rippy, Herschel Sparber, Peter Elliott, George Yiasoumi, Benjamin Kechley, Frank Maraden, Jimmie Ray Weeks, Wallace Merck, Dean Whitworth, Robin Cahall, Matt Totty
Lady and the Tramp (re-issue) Walt Disney Pictures Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske (director); Erdman Penner, Joe Rinaldi, Ralph Wright, Don DaGradi (screenplay); Barbara Luddy, Larry Roberts, Bill Thompson, Dallas McKennon, Bill Baucom, Verna Felton, Peggy Lee, George Givot, Lee Millar, Stan Freberg, Alan Reed, Thurl Ravenscroft, Bill Lee, Max Smith, Bob Hamlin, Bob Stevens
Little Shop of Horrors Warner Bros. Pictures / The Geffen Film Company
Vincent Wong, Kerry Shale, Anthony Asbury, Brian Henson, Mak Wilson, David Barclay, Marcus Clarke, Toby Philpott, Don Austen, William Todd-Jones, Michael Quinn, James Barton, Ronnie Le Drew
, Danny Cunningham, Gary Palmer, Paul Swaby, Robert Tygner, Sue Dacre, Paul Springer, David Greenaway, Michael Bayliss, Michael Barclay, Chris Leith, Terry Lee, Ian Tregonning, John Alexander, James Barton, Graham Fletcher
No Mercy Tri-Star Pictures Richard Pearce (director); Jim Carabatsos (screenplay); Richard Gere, Kim Basinger, Jeroen Krabbé, George Dzundza, Gary Basaraba, William Atherton, Terry Kinney, Ely Pouget, Bruce McGill, Ray Sharkey, Marita Geraghty, Aleta Mitchell, Fred Gratton, Dionisio, Kim Chan, George Dickerson
Platoon Orion Pictures / Hemdale Film Corporation Oliver Stone (director/screenplay); Charlie Sheen, Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe, John C. McGinley, Kevin Dillon, Keith David, Mark Moses, Francesco Quinn, Forest Whitaker, Tony Todd, Richard Edson, Johnny Depp, Corey Glover, Chris Pedersen, Dale Dye, Oliver Stone, Reggie Johnson, Corkey Ford, David Neidorf, Paul Sanchez, Bob Orwig
25 Brighton Beach Memoirs
Rastar
 Gene Saks (director); Neil Simon (screenplay); Blythe Danner, Bob Dishy, Judith Ivey, Jonathan Silverman, Stacey Glick, Lisa Waltz, Brian Drillinger
The Morning After
20th Century Fox / Lorimar Film Entertainment
Corey Everson, Kathy Bates, Frances Bergen
, James Haake, Don Hood
31 My Letter to George RKO Pictures Michael Laughlin (director/screenplay); Jodie Foster, John Lithgow, Michael Murphy, Dan Shor, Harry Andrews, Philip Holder, Beryl Te Wiata, Reg Evans, Jonathan Hardy, Don Selwyn, Derek Hardwick, Jonathan Elsom, George Spoors, Bob Gould, Norman Fairley
Wisdom
20th Century Fox / Cannon Films
 Emilio Estevez (director/screenplay); Emilio Estevez, Demi Moore, Tom Skerritt, Veronica Cartwright, William Allen Young, Ernie Lively, Charlie Sheen, Richard Minchenberg, Brenda Medcalf
Witchboard Cinema Group
Kevin Tenney (director/screenplay); Todd Allen, Tawny Kitaen, Stephen Nichols, Kathleen Wilhoite, Burke Byrnes, James W. Quinn, Rose Marie

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References

  1. ^ "Domestic Box Office For 1986". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved June 2, 2022.
  2. ^ "IndieReign - Living the Blues". Archived from the original on March 31, 2017. Retrieved March 30, 2017.
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